Hey broe, I've had the same problem too. The XP Pro SP2 i ghosted was in installed on a Compaq Evo N1050v. I removed the internal hardisk and connected it to my desk pc. Ghosted the image. I then formatted the laptop harddisk. I made two partitions, then restored the ghost image on the c: partion.
Now when I boot up the laptop it also gave me the message:
'PXE-E61: Media test failure; check cable'
'Operating System Not found'
I also tried: FIXMBR, FIXBOOT but I couldnt help. I even tried repairing the windows installation but still cudnt. Someone PLEASE HELP!!!!
We use Ghost when replacing hard drives on desktops with Windows XP and it works well.
However when we try to use ghost on Laptops with Windows XP the Laptop will not boot. (Operating System not Found)
Here are the steps we take:
Remove the drive from the Laptop install it in a PC.
Place a new formatted drive in the PC as well.
We then Ghost the drive & put the new drive in the Laptop.
We then boot the Laptop & get (Operating System not Found)
We have tried Fix boot/FixMBR & XP 1st & 2nd Repair
What is going on?

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